Farm Concern International (FCI), an Africa-wide agri-market development agency, has partnered with Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to link 113,292 smallholder cassava and sweet potato farmers in 272 commercial villages in Kenya and Tanzania with 244 buyers in a project dubbed Expanded Commercial Village Processing Programme (ECVPP).

The project goal is to increase the smallholder farmers’ productivity and market access for cassava and sweet potato in Busia, Makueni, Kilifi, Mtwapa, Mwala and Homabay in Kenya and Meru and Kibaha sites in Tanzania.

It is estimated that the project will consume USD 144 million, support from AGRA, and will last for a period of 3 years.